Matías Zuloaga

Matías Zuloaga (American Spanish: [maˈti.as suloˈaɣa]; born 23 December 1997) is an Argentine cross-country skier. He competed in the men's 15 kilometre freestyle at the 2018 Winter Olympics.[1]

Matías Zuloaga
Personal information
NationalityArgentine
Born (1997-12-23) 23 December 1997
Sport
SportCross-country skiing

Personal life

He is related to the Argentine biathletes María Giró who competed in the 1992 Winter Olympics and 1994 Winter Olympics, and Gustavo Giró who competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics.[2]

Sports career

He started skiing when he was 3 years old, influenced by his family. He also competed in biathlon and Mountain biking.[2]

In 2017, he won the Argentine Championship in 10 km freestyle and every single competence organized by the International Ski Federation in Cerro Catedral and Cerro Castor.[3] That same year, he competed in the Junior World Championship in the United States, finishing in the 60th place in skiathlon and 67th place in 10 km freestyle.[4][2]

Pyeongchang 2018

At the 2018 Winter Olympics, he competed for the first time in the cross-country 15 km freestyle event, after qualifying due to the score accumulation of Austria and Germany.[5][6] He finished in the 100th place with a time of 42:27.5.[3]

His coach, Sebastián Menci, participated in the 1992 Winter Olympics.[7]

References
  1. "Matías Zuloaga". Pyeongchang 2018. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  2. "ATHLETE PROFILE - MATIAS ZULOAGA". olympic.org. International Olympic Committee.
  3. "Matías Zuloaga fue Top 100 en su debut olímpico". El Sureño. 17 February 2018.
  4. "ZULOAGA Matías". data.fis-ski.com. International Ski Federation (FIS).
  5. "Cross-country Skiing Quota List for Olympic Games 2018". www.data.fis-ski.com. International Ski Federation (FIS). 12 December 2017.
  6. "Los Juegos de Pyeongchang reciben a una delegación argentina tan pequeña como entusiasta". La Nación (Argentina). 7 February 2018.
  7. "Matías Zuloaga ratificó en Corea que es el mejor sudamericano". El Diario del Fin del Mundo. 19 February 2018.
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